Global Change and Mountain Regions An Overview of Current Knowledge /

Mountain regions occupy about a quarter of the global terrestrial land surface and provide goods and services to more than half the humanity. Global environmental change threatens the integrity of these systems and their ability to provide the goods and services upon which humanity has come to depen...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Huber, Uli M. (Editor ), Bugmann, Harald K.M (Editor ), Reasoner, Mel A. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2005.
Edición:1st ed. 2005.
Colección:Advances in Global Change Research, 23
Temas:
Pollution.
Environment.
Climatology.
Environmental Sciences.
Climate Sciences.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • From the contents: Introduction. T. Hofer; The International Year of Mountains, Challenge and opportunity for mountain research
  • Part I: Paleoenvironmental Changes
  • Part II: Cryospheric Changes
  • Part III: Hydrological Changes
  • Part IV: Ecological Changes
  • Part V: Human Dimensions
  • Synthesis
  • A. Björnsen, U. M. Huber, M. Reasoner, B. Messerli, H. Bugmann; Future research direction.

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